Month: August 2023

Select high school football schedules Aug. 31-Sept. 2; results Aug. 24-26

Thursday, Aug. 31Non-conferencePeotone at Sandwich, 6:30 Friday, Sept. 1Fox ValleyCary Grove at Crystal Lake Central, 7Crystal Lake South at Prairie Ridge, 7Dundee-Crown at Burlington Central, 7Hampshire at Jacobs, 7Huntley at McHenry, 7Upstate EightBartlett at West Chicago, 7East Aurora at Elgin, 7Fenton at Glenbard South, 7Larkin at Streamwood, 7South Elgin at...

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Oswego East, Waubonsie Valley, soccer teams aim high

By Bobby Narang The Oswego East High School boys soccer team endured a rough start in the first week of the season. The Wolves, amid a difficult week due to intense heat, opened up the season with a 1-1 draw to Hinsdale Central and dropped a 2-1 decision to Waubonsie...

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Major League Baseball standings through August 28

American League Central W L PCT GB Minnesota 69 63 .523 – Cleveland 62 70 .470 7.0 Detroit 59 72 .450 9.5 Chi White Sox 52 80 .394 17.0 Kansas City 41 92 .308 28.5 American League East W L PCT GB Baltimore 82 49 .626 – Tampa Bay 80...

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Frontier League baseball standings through August 28

West Division Team W L PCT GB Gateway 54 35 .607 – Schaumburg 52 37 .584 2.0 Evansville 49 40 .551 5.0 Joliet 43 47 .478 11.5 Washington 43 47 .478 11.5 Windy City 38 51 .427 16.0 Florence 36 54 .400 18.5 Lake Erie 36 54 .400 18.5 East...

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American Association League baseball standings through August 28

East Division Team W L PCT GB Chicago 52 40 .565 – Milwaukee 52 41 .559 0.5 Kane County 47 46 .505 5.5 Lake Country 45 48 .484 7.5 Cleburne 44 49 .473 8.5 Gary 37 55 .402 15.0 West Division Team W L PCT GB Kansas City 55 37...

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PGA Men’s golf championship final

Rank Name Par 1 Viktor Hovland -27 2 Xander Schauffele -22 3 Wyndham Clark -16 4 Rory McIlroy -14 5 Patrick Cantlay -13 6 Tommy Fleetwood -11 6 Scottie Scheffler -11 6 Collin Morikawa -11 9 Sam Burns -10 9 Matt Fitzpatrick -10 9 Max Homa -10 9 Adam Schenk...

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US Open tennis Men’s singles champions

2022 Carlos Alcaraz2021 Daniil Medvedev2020 Dominic Thiem2019 Rafael Nadal2018 Novak Djokovic2017 Rafael Nadal2016 Stan Wawrinka2015 Novak Djokovic2014 Marin Čilić2013 Rafael Nadal2012 Andy Murray2011 Novak Djokovic2010 Rafael Nadal2009 Juan Martín del Potro2008 Roger Federer2007 Roger Federer2006 Roger Federer2005 Roger Federer2004 Roger Federer2003 Andy Roddick2002 Pete Sampras2001 Lleyton Hewitt2000 Marat Safin1999 Andre...

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Playoffs and changes fill today’s sports world

Playoffs are among the goals in sports from high schools through to the professional ranks. The first games of the season in high school football and all Fall sports started last weekend. The Chicago White Sox continue to be in a strong running for postgame play this season as one...

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VNA Health Care host to panel

A dozen local to national experts shared views on lowering health care costs at VNA Health Care Monday. VNA was host to the session at its Aurora headquarters. Linnea Windel, VNA executive director, moderated the gathering designed to highlight how the Inflation Reduction Act is lowering health care costs. National...

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Boy Scouts cleanup at Hesed House homeless shelter

Boy Scouts pitched in at Hesed House homeless shelter in Aurora Saturday, Aug. 26. From 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., 13 Scouts and eight adults wielded hand saws and power tools to clear overgrown brush and plants near Hesed’s women’s shelter. The project was designed to improve safety at the...

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Marmion Academy’s next abbot, Joel Rippinger

Following an abbatial election Saturday, Aug. 19, a new abbot has been elected to serve the Marmion community in Aurora. Abbot Joel Rippinger, OSB is the sixth Abbot of Marmion Abbey. “I can say that my time as a monk of Marmion Abbey for over half a century has brought...

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Yorktoberfest Sept. 29, 30, in Yorkville

The Kiwanis Club of Yorkville will hold its Sixth annual Yorktoberfest Friday, Sept. 29 from 4 p.m. to 10 p.m., and Saturday, Sept. 30 from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. at Riverfront Park East in Downtown Yorkville. Yorktoberfest is the largest non-profit event to come to the Fox River. The...

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A Focus on History: August 31 through September 6

August 31 More than 325,000 unionists gather in Washington, D.C. for a Solidarity Day march and rally for work-place fairness and health care reform. – 1991. September 1 At 4:45 a.m., 1.5 million German troops invade Poland all along its 1,750-mile border with German-controlled territory. Simultaneously, the German Luftwaffe bombs...

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